Braceby
St Margaret's Church, Braceby
Braceby is located in Lincolnshire
Braceby
Braceby
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF016354
• London95 mi (153 km) S
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSLEAFORD
Postcode districtNG34
Dialling code01529
PoliceLincolnshire
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UK Parliament

Braceby is a village in the civil parish of Braceby and Sapperton, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The village includes a roadside nature reserve sheltering 250 species of plant life.

Parishes and buildings

Braceby lies to the south of the A52 road, about 6 miles (10 km) east of the market town of Grantham. It has a population of just under 30. Braceby belonged to the historical wapentake of Winnibriggs and Threo,[1] and within that to the Soke of Grantham.[2]

The church, St Margaret's, dates back to the 13th century, but was restored in the 19th.[3] The ecclesiastical parish is one of seven in the North Beltisloe Group in the Deanery of Beltisloe and the Diocese of Lincoln.[4] From 2006 to 2011 the incumbent was Rev. Richard Ireson.[5] Services at Braceby are held monthly, and at Easter, Harvest time and Christmas.[6]

Many village buildings, especially those dating from the 16th and 17th century, are built in part of limestone quarried in the district, at places such as Ancaster.[7] The population peaked about 1861, when there were 168 inhabitants in 37 houses, but the population declined rapidly. By 1970 it was under 20, but a decision by the local landowners, the Welby family, to sell off empty and unwanted cottages led to some recovery and saved the church from closure.[8]

In 1921 the civil parish had a population of 76.[9] On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished and merged with Sapperton to form "Braceby and Sapperton".[10]

Nature and land use

The 65 roadside nature reserves maintained by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, under a local-government scheme dating back to 1960, include one that covers both verges of the Braceby–Walcot road south-east of the village.[11] The list of plants found at this reserve runs to 250 species. Notable among them are early purple orchids (Orchis mascula), common orchids (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) and cowslips (primula veris).[12]

Livestock farming (cattle and sheep) in the village has largely given way to arable since the 1970s, but a small amount of permanent grazing remains. Some mixed woodland has also been planted.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Vision of Britain Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Vision of Britain Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Braceby Past and Present. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Braceby P C C" Archived 12 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 14 May 2012
  5. ↑ "North Beltisloe Group Council Report for PCC AGMs."; Boothby.org.uk. PDF download required. Retrieved 14 May 2012
  6. ↑ Braceby Past and Present.
  7. ↑ Natural England – Kesteven Uplands. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  8. ↑ Braceby Past & Present: History Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "Population statistics Braceby CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Relationships and changes Braceby CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  11. ↑ List of Lincolnshire roadside reserves Retrieved 7 November 2016. Archived 7 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ Braceby Past & Present: Wildlife, nature and birds Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  13. ↑ Geology and landscape. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
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